Has covid made you question where you live?

[whipski]

I've tried resizing, rotating and gave up

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[Meadow Skipper]

I’m good, thanks, in northern NM. Though the area’s tentative status as first world is kind of a challenge, it’s also something of a blessing at times. COVID hasn’t been as bad here as other places, remarkably.

[xyz]

I live in Durango and it’s pretty easy to follow the “recreate close to home” rule. I have hundreds of miles of singletrack within a few minutes of riding out my driveway.
I don’t think I’ve ever had so many April miles as I have during c19. Despite all the sadness and uncertainty, I’ve been pretty stoked.

So glad I don’t live anywhere else.

This is pretty much me too. I’ve really been enjoying this lockdown. Confirmed my choice to live here. Great singletrack out the door and ski touring 20 min drive away. More than happy to ‘stay in my community’. Lots of organic farmers nearby which is nice generally and for apocalypse scenarios.

I just wish we had more backcountry gravel riding options and a larger volume of local singletrack.

[joetron]

heavy sprinkling of Utards, .

I was waiting until my UT plates expired in April to get some 5Bs, but the Hailey DMV has been closed. My part time move in Oct turned into a full time move when my marriage plotzed in Dec.
I feel like such a jabroni driving around with UT plates....I need a disclaimer.



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[Karl Stall]

Back in aspen after driving 32 hours back from SW Florida and have to say it feels safe and healthy. Great vibe around town and people seem friendlier than usual. Lots of folks walking around and the restaurants have gotten creative with takeout food/drinks. Tough economic times ahead but the mountains are still here. Last week's 17" dump was sweet and was back to running in tshirt and shorts today. This place has to be the uphill capital of America btw - crazy!


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[SB]

Bee whare u r at.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

It has just reinforced the fact that I am glad to be exactly where I'm at. I do think in 12 months or maybe longer when the dust starts to settle we will see the already-growing-too-fast towns in the intermountain west go even crazier with growth.

This will be the catalyst for the upper end of the dwindling middle class and big bag holders to finally pull their families out of Chicago, Dallas, NYC, SF, etc etc. You can do Zoom meetings from anywhere.

[Danno]

It has just reinforced the fact that I am glad to be exactly where I'm at. I do think in 12 months or maybe longer when the dust starts to settle we will see the already-growing-too-fast towns in the intermountain west go even crazier with growth.

This will be the catalyst for the upper end of the dwindling middle class and big bag holders to finally pull their families out of Chicago, Dallas, NYC, SF, etc etc. You can do Zoom meetings from anywhere.

As a counterpoint, people in cities can get absolutely anything delivered. Not so in lots of other places.

[Mr. Mike]

As a counterpoint, people in cities can get absolutely anything delivered. Not so in lots of other places.

and hospitals. I think the "everyone is going to move to the boonies" streak in this thread is influenced by the fact that a lot of TGRers live in the boonies.

[iceman]

It seems like a thing, though. My daughter lives in NYC and she bailed early to here and she's pretty sketched at the thought of going back and apparently a number of her friends feel the same way.

Times did a piece on it a few days ago, and I saw a little mention yesterday somewhere...it's kind of in the air.

[BmillsSkier]

As a counterpoint, people in cities can get absolutely anything delivered. Not so in lots of other places.

and hospitals. I think the "everyone is going to move to the boonies" streak in this thread is influenced by the fact that a lot of TGRers live in the boonies.

While not a popular choice among most here I love where I live and this isn’t going to change that. I love living in a big city where I have world class amenities, healthcare and growth that will continue even after this mess.

I like having 4 seasons and I still get them in a great city in a forest, but having grown up on the North Coast I’m sick of endless cold and grey days if they’re not on skis. So I’ll take the warmth any day and fly to snow. 3 hours to Hilton Head door to door and an hour north to the AT and lakes. Wanna get away? The (as of 4 weeks ago) busiest airport in the nation is a 25 minutes on the train.

That said, it’s noticeable how much we were heading to the mountains or HHI when this all started and avoiding the city - before the beaches and trailheads all got shut down. I’d say we’ll end up permanently in either sooner than later but with a kindergartner I don’t see it happening for at least 8 years. /shrug.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

I'm not talking boonies. Bozangeles is far from boonies. It gives people the "mountain town feel" but it still has Starbucks and a really nice (actually way nicer than any Whole Foods) CO-OP and a real hospital.

Big towns like that, which already had "too much" growth, will see even more in my un-educated opinion. Slight blip and then the a big wave again. Every agent I know is saying the same thing, "I've got three clients with cash who have just been waiting for this...." Insurance sales from the midwest, tech people from Austin, medical sales people from Boston, etc etc. Many of them are busier than ever and licking their chops waiting for a few price drops. I could be totally wrong though.

[MarcusBrody]

We're looking to buy a house for a move and my wife was reevaluating our yard size needs in case we end up quarantined again. So that's not necessarily where we want to live town/country wise, but where we will choose on a smaller scale.

[Toadman]

Blessed to be where I live. Be Best!

[dunfree]

I'm not talking boonies. Bozangeles is far from boonies. It gives people the "mountain town feel" but it still has Starbucks and a really nice (actually way nicer than any Whole Foods) CO-OP and a real hospital.

Big towns like that, which already had "too much" growth, will see even more in my un-educated opinion. Slight blip and then the a big wave again. Every agent I know is saying the same thing, "I've got three clients with cash who have just been waiting for this...." Insurance sales from the midwest, tech people from Austin, medical sales people from Boston, etc etc. Many of them are busier than ever and licking their chops waiting for a few price drops. I could be totally wrong though.

Bozeman metro is what 100k+ people? City is 50k? Its still small. It doesn’t take many people to really change its character, but it doesn’t have room for everyone. metro-Atlantas been adding more than a Bozeman city a year in population.

[Danno]

and hospitals. I think the "everyone is going to move to the boonies" streak in this thread is influenced by the fact that a lot of TGRers live in the boonies.

And we're skiers and bikers, we're all people who seek mountains.

It seems like a thing, though. My daughter lives in NYC and she bailed early to here and she's pretty sketched at the thought of going back and apparently a number of her friends feel the same way.

Times did a piece on it a few days ago, and I saw a little mention yesterday somewhere...it's kind of in the air.

No doubt. I do think there will be some adjustments. But the museums and concerts and theaters are still in the cities. It may take a while to normalize, but for everyone looking to permanently escape Manhattan, someone will take their place.

[Benny Profane]

But the museums and concerts and theaters are still in the cities. It may take a while to normalize, but for everyone looking to permanently escape Manhattan, someone will take their place.

Yeah, but, what happens in that maybe two to three year period when all that makes Manhattan cool doesn't exist? Then there's the incredible loss of tax revenue that may send NYC back to 1976, with Trump holding the rescue purse strings. He can't wait to fuck over the city that hates him, now that he moved to Florida.

[Danno]

Yeah, but, what happens in that maybe two to three year period when all that makes Manhattan cool doesn't exist? Then there's the incredible loss of tax revenue that may send NYC back to 1976, with Trump holding the rescue purse strings. He can't wait to fuck over the city that hates him, now that he moved to Florida.

It's New York, dude, it's not going away. The stock market isn't going anywhere, the Met isn't going anywhere, MoMA, the Yankees, etc. I'm not saying it's not gonna be tough for a while, but I have more faith in NYC rebounding than other major cities.

[Rasputin]

Why anyone, would live anywhere, other than New Hampshire is beyond me.
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Around here you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a New Hampshire transplant. Just saying....

[BmillsSkier]

It's New York, dude, it's not going away. The stock market isn't going anywhere, the Met isn't going anywhere, MoMA, the Yankees, etc. I'm not saying it's not gonna be tough for a while, but I have more faith in NYC rebounding than other major cities.

Don’t disagree, but just remember that the Dow Jones is owned by an Atlanta couple, one of which was appointed to the Senate by Governor Kemp within the last couple years. NYC ain’t going anywhere (They just gonna be working remotely from the sun belt, lol) despite what our boy Eeyore says. Love you Benny

[Benny Profane]

I dont know. Ton of people getting real used to this working from home thing right now.

[Rideski]

...it's kind of in the air.

Ba dum tish

[dunfree]

It's New York, dude, it's not going away. The stock market isn't going anywhere, the Met isn't going anywhere, MoMA, the Yankees, etc. I'm not saying it's not gonna be tough for a while, but I have more faith in NYC rebounding than other major cities.

Uhhh, you might want to look at the budget holes in some of those cultural institutions before saying they aren’t going anywhere. I’d be shocked if there isn’t a realignment of some cultural assets.

[riser4]

Around here you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a New Hampshire transplant. Just saying....

And isn't NH full of disgruntled folks from MA? With a handful from the rest of New England? I like VT just fine, thanks.

[schuss]

The southern reaches of NH by Nashua etc. - yes.

I think there will be rural growth, but I imagine it will be in places like seacoast NH - you can get a couple of acres, there's still restaurants and many hospitals. It's also incredibly affordable compared to Boston and still in easy driving distance for the important occasional trip.